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Date Posted: 20:54:12 06/24/12 Sun
Author: Joe H.
Subject: Re: [ The "personal appearance" circuit earned him $More money than from the TV show].
In reply to: Tim 's message, "Re: What "Superman" episode features Mr. Kryptonite?" on 11:48:33 06/24/12 Sun

According to: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2091 here are the details:

"George Reeves actually made more money from doing personal appearances than from the TV show. As part of the act, he hired one of the early pro wrestlers, Gene LaBelle, to wear the Mr. Kryptonite suit. While Reeves was talking to the crowd, Mr. Kryptonite would appear, and hit him in the head with a balsa wood baseball bat. "

- - Joe

P.S.

1. Speaking of personal appearances, I read somewhere that D.B. would carry around a bunch of "Hoss" photos and when he got hungry on his travels for breakfast, lunch or dinner he would offer a signed one for the meal in an exchange.

2. Years ago when I lived in Ashland, N.H. Shirley Jones dropped by to see a local musician friend at Alex Ray's "The Common Man" Restaurant, of when I was torching off the paint to the facade of my building in the summer heat with my neighbor and so was busy with that project.

3. But that I did get a nice signed letter from Katherine Hepburn when she was down the road in Holderness of "On Golden Pond" writing about Spencer Tracy as Robert Rogers of the Roger's Rangers in "The Northwest Passage", of me asking for who might do the sequel. Jane Fonda dropped by for a pizza at "Don's Pizza" of he's since retired as last seen at WalMart or Sam's Club doing the sample tables of this and that product with the coupons.

4. The celebrities now to New England go to that Framingham, MAss. event every Fall, but charge like $30.00 a signed photo! Oh the good old days like meeting Claudia Christian in Boston for her autographed pictures from "Babylon Five" were only five bucks, of just across the aisle from Robert Vaughn wanting $20.00! of he's now some TV pitchman for some ambulance chaser attorney in Maine (;-)

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